Gold Star mom and author Deborah Tainsh spoke to graduating US Army cavalry scouts from the 5th Squadron 15th Cavalry Regiment Delta Troop at Fort Benning, Georgia, on October 10, 2019.

Against the odds, Chris Stricklin and Joel Neeb are survivors. Chris ejected from the F‐16 he was piloting during a Thunderbirds airshow; Joel was diagnosed with a rare and often fatal cancer. Both men wanted something good to come from their experiences, and together they wrote Survivor’s Obligation: Navigating an Intentional Life, to be released Oct. 1, 2019, from Elva Resa Publishing.